Gordon Classon
Oconto County Reporter
18 November 1915, Page 1, Column 1
Gordon Classon Yields After
Hard Fight Against Appendicitis
Gordon Classon, only son of Edmund Classon of the town of Oconto sucumed
to appendicitis at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, after a brave fight of
over four weeks against appendicitis. Five weeks ago he was brought from
his home to the hospital, in very precarious condition. At first it was
deemed not advisable to operate, but after a consulation of several doctors,
they came to the conclusion that there was a bare chance for him through
an operation, and it was performed. His struggle against big odds then
began, but notwithstanding every aid, loving attention and care could furnish,
the battle was lost when he breathed his last Sunday afternoon exactly
eighteen months, to a day, after his mother had preceded him to the great
beyond.
He was born in the town of Oconto July 14, 1901 and is survived by his
father and two sisters, Mabel and Pearl.
There are few boys of his age who win so much love and respect from
the community in which they live, as he had done through his kind, manly,
refined and considerate character and disposition.
The funeral was held from the Couillardville church at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning, Rev. C. A. Parker officiating, with interment in Evergreen cemetery.
The school in his home district was closed for the day and his sorrowing
teacher and schoolmates attended in a body.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our sincere thanks to all the friends for their
sympathy and assistance during the illness and after the death of our beloved
son and brother, and especially to those who endeavored to brighten his
days at the hospital with flowers, plants and other remembrances. Edmund
Classon and Family.
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